Psalm 78 is the longest of the history psalms. It is the story of the Israelites in the wilderness and a reminder that when we go through times of wilderness in our own lives, God is all we need.
This is a psalm of Asaph, reminding Israel – and therefore us, because we have been grafted in – of what God has done. It begins with instruction to listen carefully even though (or especially because) we have heard these stories before, because there are lessons to be learned. We are to trust and pass on these stories to the next generation.
Specifically, we are too teach them three things: the glorious deeds of God, his strength and his mighty wonders. Knowing the ways of God and how he cares for us is more important than knowing facts about God.
It goes on to say the God has established a testimony through the Law, which we are to review and repeat so that the next generation will set their hearts anew on God.
This is in contrast to earlier generations who abandoned God and did not set their hearts aright. They did not deal with the “idol factory of the heart” as Tim Keller calls it, even when God does many miracles and even makes water pour from a rock.
Instead, they were ungrateful, complaining and murmuring, ungrateful for what they had been given. They did not trust God to care for them or even believe that God could.
Does this stir anything in your heart where you are limiting God? Our hearts are “prone to wander” which means we have a need for self examination. We are called up prepare our hearts so that we can maintain confidence in God even in the wilderness.
– Sermon Notes, Brad Weir, City Church International, Dallas, TX, January 20, 2019
Psalm 78:1-22
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